CMS Education Series for Providers Scheduled. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a series of national provider calls addressing the specifics of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs for hospitals and individual practitioners. Calls are scheduled as follows:
EHR Incentive Programs for Eligible Professionals:
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
2:00-3:30 pm EST
EHR Incentive Programs for Hospitals:
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
2:00-3:30 pm EST
EHR Questions and Answers for Hospitals and Individual Practitioners:
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
2:00-3:30 pm EST
Information on how to register for these calls is forthcoming.
StateWatch. As more focus shifts to state implementation, CHME will report developments. Readers are also invited to also alert us to HIE/HIT happenings in our areas.
Illinois: Moving Rapidly Toward a Paperless Health System. On July 27, Gov. Patt Quinn created the Illinois Health Information Exchange by signing House Bill 6441, passed unanimously by the General Assembly, into law. The legislation is effective immediately. Soon, the state providers and insurers will begin sharing patient health information over a secure network. The project will be financed through the $18.8 million American recovery and reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus funds from the federal government. On July 28, the Governor signed another bill, SB 2630, which will allow agencies to “transmit or retain records electronically.” This law, too, was passed unanimously and takes effect immediately. It also creates an Advisory Board that will develop best practices for these agencies. The architect of this bill, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, stated that this law will “bring state government into the 21st Century in both a fiscally and environmentally responsible way.” Hence, Illinois has now joined the rapidly expanding group of states that are initiating their own health information exchanges (HIEs).
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